COLLEGE PR: 5K - 20:00; 6k - 24:42
HS PR: 5k - 20:33; 1600m - 5:47; 800m - 2:36
2014-15: Led PC at the Carolina Challenge with a time of 21:17 (20th) ... Improved to run 20:59 (33rd) and lead PC at the 31st annual Eye Opener ... Led the team with a time of 20:50 (33rd) at the Big South Preview Meet at Gardner-Webb ... Set a lifetime PR of 20:00 (54th) at the Upstate Invitational to lead PC for a program record 20th straight time ... PR of 20:00 ranks 4th all-time for the Blue Hose ... Led the team with a 5k time of 20:26 (42nd) at the Disney Cross Country Classic ... Improved to run 20:34 at the Big South Championship and finish 48th ... Named to the 2014 Big South All-Academic Team ... Ran a 6k PR and DI record of 24:42 at the 2014 NCAA Southeast Regional (225th) in Louisville, Ky. ... Finished career leading PC in 23 of 23 races.
2013-14: Finished first for PC at the Carolina Challenge with a time of 21:19 and 51st place finish ... Improved to finish 14th at the Eye Opener with a time of 20:50 ... Led the team with a time of 20:30 at the Asheville Cross Country Carnival ... Ran a season's best 20:25 at the Adidas/Winthrop Invitational to lead the team with a 31st place finish ... Claimed fourth place at the Francis Marion Invitational with a time of 20:31 ... Ran 21:08 at the challenging 2013 Big South Championship, hosted by VMI, to finish 60th overall and lead the team ... Named to the 2013 Big South All-Academic Team ... Led the team with a 6k time of 25:49 and 256th place finish at the 2013 NCAA DI Southeast Regional.
2012-13: Finished first for PC at the Gamecock Invitational with a time of 20:51 and 28th place finish ... Led PC at the Adidas/Winthrop Invitational and Big South Preview with an improved time of 20:45 and 117th place finish ... Ran 21:12 at the Walt Disney World Classic, finishing 63rd overall and leading the team ... Set a season's best 20:25 at the Upstate Invitational where she led the team with her first collegiate top-ten finish (9th).
2011-12: Led the Blue Hose at the 2011 Eye Opener with a time of 21:15 and 58th place finish ... Improved to run 20:39 at the Coastal Carolina Invitational/Big South Preview Meet to finish 43rd overall and first for PC ... Set a new collegiate best of 20:34 with a 146th place finish at the Charlotte Invitational ... Led the team for a fourth time, finishing in 20:55 at the 39th Annual Furman Invitational and claiming 32nd place ... Placed 11th at the Upstate Invitational to lead the team with a time of 21:07 ... Led PC at the 2011 Big South Conference Championship in Conway, S.C. with a time of 20:46.
High School: Ran four seasons at Greenbrier High School for Katie Smallwood ... Two-sport athlete that also competed in track ... Ran a 1600m personal best of 5:47 her junior year ... Earned "Coaches Award" her junior and senior year of cross country ... Voted team captain her junior and senior years of cross country ... Established a 5k personal best of 20:33 at the 2010 Region 2AAAA Championships ... Four-time qualifier for the GA 4A State Meet ... Named team's "MVP" her senior year ... Voted team captain her senior year of track.
Personal: Gabriele Lesieur was born in Queensland, Australia on August 27, 1993 ... Daughter of Dawn and Brian Lesieur ... Father played baseball and rugby at Central Connecticut State ... Has two siblings, Nicole and Brian ... Majoring in Biology.
